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I'd like to host a small server at home to use it as a router, file server, Docker containers host, TV box and so on, I'm looking for the cheapest option.
I have found some very cheap used desktop computers with 8GB DDR3, PCIe Gen3, USB3 ports and an Intel i5-3750
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My Thinkpad T480s containing a i5-8250U
is really enough for what I want to do.
In PassMark, the i5-3750
has almost the same benchmark result as the i5-8250u
. 7176 vs 7676 respectively
Can we really compare both CPUs like this? Can I expect the same power from the old desktop CPU even though it's using DDR3 and is old.
1Agree. Just be careful for the "tv box" functionality if this is driving the display as graphics - and especially Intel graphics have come a long way and this is not reflected in the Passmark score. – davidgo – 2019-06-28T09:49:37.453
From what I've read, it should be enough to play 1080p video x264 and x265. Thanks for the comment anyway! – Alexis_FR_JP – 2019-06-29T06:37:10.900